Tuesday, October 02, 2012

41.5 Things to Do Before 41.5: The Remix


This is a list I’ve made over and over. I saw my favorite bloggers creating 30 Before 30 lists, but never got around to mine back when I was turning 30 (I was busy planning a wedding, I guess).

But since it’s never too late to learn/do something new, I made one at 40. And then again at 41. And now here I am at 42.5 and realizing I’ve neglected my life list.

Time to revisit, and give myself a break. So here it is, the 41.5 to do by 43 list.

1. Host a dinner party
2. Redecorate laundry room
3. Organize craft room
4. Start journaling
5. Get fitted for a bra
6. Own diamond studs
7. Stop texting and driving
8. Cook Sunday dinners for a month
9. Start college funds for the boys
[10. Go to the Oprah show – DELETED; No more Oprah show]
11. Make a will
12. Clean the garage
13. Organize photos
14. Landscape the front of the house
15. Paint the front door [yellow] orange – why not use my favorite color!
16. Pay off credit card
17. Have date night once a month
18. Have a great family photo taken
19. Order wedding photos
20. Take yoga
[21. Write twelve letters in one year]
22. Go to the dentist
23. Go to the gynecologist
24. Own a stand mixer (orange, of course) and bake something delicious
25. Do something creative every day
26. Buy a piece of art
27. Find a place to get my locks done
28. Get tattoo re-inked and/or get a second tattoo
29. Get a facial
30. Teach D to ride a two-wheeler
31. Take a mini-vacation with the fam
32. Make a new friend or reconnect with an old one
33. Buy a new mattress
34. Buy a new couch
35. Start a charm bracelet
36. Eat at Xoco
37. Sew a quilt
38. Buy a new computer
39. Rent a cabin/house in the country (maybe Union Pier?)
40. Find a new job I love
41. Buy a “new” car
.5. Paint my family room/kitchen a color I love

And here are a few more goals that aren't likely to happen in hat time frame...

10 to do this decade:
1. meet Barack Obama
2. get into interior design
3. fly first class
4. get Lasik
5. visit a foreign, non-Caribbean country
6. eat at Alinea or the French Laundry
7. go back to Napa Valley in the fall
8. rent a beach house
9. visit the Atlanta aquarium
10. get out of debt, except for mortgage


Saturday, March 19, 2011

In Search of ...

Room spray that looks as pretty as it smells ...

... and doesn't cost $60 (like this from Amazon).

Saturday, February 05, 2011

carpentry projects

Add an extra shelf to the hall closet, bedroom closet

Build out the closet in the mudroom

Add cubes above the washer/dryer

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Weekend to-do list

1. Cook a crock-pot meal
2. Put together my drawer unit from Ikea
3. Mail "President's Day" cards
4. Have a Skype convo with close friends
5. Do something special -- even if it's just sitting down to a meal together -- all four of us!

Sunday, December 26, 2010

A couple things I want to do in 2011

1. Make a family tree
2. Sew a quilt
Image: Contemporary String Quilt from JoAnn

3. Children's Book Advent Calendar, like this one from Sarah Jane blog.

The bedroom needs...

...a new ceiling fan
...a new duvet cover
...a good solution for organizing electronics
...a watch box
...someplace to file important papers
...wall repair
...sheers or a roman shade

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Inspiring white-appliance kitchens

They're few and far between out there (it's all about the stainless steel) but here are the few I've seen:


Image: Martha Stewart cabinetry, Home Depot


Image: theletteredcottage.net


Image: Canadian House and Home
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